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Earth Sciences

Sea Cucumbers and Coral Reefs: New Insights from Research

New research led by Carnegie's Kenneth Schneider analyzed the role of sea cucumbers in portions of the Great Barrier Reef and determined that their dietary…

Studies and Analyses

More than other drugs, injected meth is associated with an increased risk of attempted suicide

The dire physical and mental health effects of injecting methamphetamine are well known, but there's been little research about suicidal behavior and injecting…

Health & Medicine

Multiple Sclerosis: A New Perspective as a Metabolic Disorder

Framing MS as a metabolic disorder helps to explain many puzzling aspects of the disease, particularly why it strikes women more than men and why cases are on…

Earth Sciences

Will Antarctic Worms Warm to Changing Climate?

The National Science Foundation study, led by Adam Marsh, associate professor of marine biosciences in UD’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, also will…

Information Technology

Virginia Tech Unveils HokieSpeed, a Powerful Supercomputer

Now comes HokieSpeed, a new supercomputer that is up to 22 times faster and yet a quarter of the size of X, boasting a single-precision peak of 455 teraflops,…

Environmental Conservation

Candid Video Clips from Thailand Show Anti-Poaching Efforts Saving Wildlife

The footage—taken by camera traps from several locations across Thailand’s Western Forest Complex over the last year—has revealed a cornucopia of rare glimpses…

Life & Chemistry

To Turn Up the Heat in Chilies, Just Add Water

New research provides an answer: Hot chilies growing in dry areas need more water to produce as many seeds as non-pungent plants, but the Fusarium fungus is…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Uncover Deep-Fried Planets Around Dying Star

Two Earth-sized planets have been discovered circling a dying star that has passed the red giant stage. Because of their close orbits, the planets must have…

Studies and Analyses

Brain Size May Predict Risk for Early Alzheimer’s Disease

“The ability to identify people who are not showing memory problems and other symptoms but may be at a higher risk for cognitive decline is a very important…

Physics & Astronomy

Super Resolution Microscopy: New Patents Transform Pharma Research

“By means of these issued patents, our super resolution microscopy is especially important for molecular biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry, with…

Automotive Engineering

Optimizing Electric Motors: Boosting Range for Cars and Aircraft

The project Plug&Play Range Extender is examining how a module made of a small, fuel-efficient combustion engine and an alternator can increase the range of…

Machine Engineering

Unmatched Air Compressor Innovation for Plastic Manufacturing

Each one can compress 700,000 cubic meters of air to 2.4 bar every hour, which is the highest flow rate of an axial-flow compressor in the world. The plant…

Environmental Conservation

An ecosystem being transformed – Yellowstone 15 years after the return of wolves

For the first time in 70 years, the over-browsing of young aspen and willow trees has diminished as elk populations in northern Yellowstone declined and their…

Life & Chemistry

First Successful Treatment of Severe Congenital Disorder in Mice

Using a mouse model, Heidelberg University Hospital researchers have for the first time successfully treated a severe congenital disorder in which sugar…

Materials Sciences

Silk Microneedles: Painless Drug Delivery Innovations

The tiny needles can be fabricated under normal temperature and pressure and from water, so they can be loaded with sensitive biochemical compounds and…

Studies and Analyses

Diving Mammals: Insights Into Decompression Management

As the diver ascends and the ocean pressure decreases, gases that were absorbed by the body during the dive, come out of solution and, if the ascent is too…

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